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a Barrister, and the mlsguided people tropld naturally conclude that trey were Safe in doing what he did., It u'-, a very different' tiling in tlefe6.l whether the' badge of 0. P. was worn by a „comgion person., by ar person - of the rank of the Defendant, whole profesaidtt . certainly - gaxie him authority. - - ' What authority he had, the-Jury might very well form an opinion-from the evidence, for when he entered the Pit, he was greeted with the exclama tion of " here comes the honest Counsellor !" Why ,as he denominated the honest Counsellor by those who- were in the Theatre, not for the purpose of seeing plays, but to prevent the performance ? How did it happen that When the rattle was sprung, upon his speaking to the' person- it was immediately silenced . ? It would be for the Jury to - consider from these circurnstances, whether he was not a person of grc.at authority 'With these rioters. It was im.. possible jo suppose that Mr. Clifford, when he went to she play, was ignorant of what had pass ed for some time in. the Theatre; unless he bad been asleep for two months. When there then did he know the meaningOf O. P. ? If not -ig ()rant of the meaning, be must know tlyt the putting the badge in his hat was, like belongingo.o the regiment, and putting a cockade on. Why did be suffer this O. P: to remain in h 4 hit, if it was not to encourage them to go on, and by his ex ample to do that which was as. they thought _legal and right ? The Jury would judge therefore .for what purpose he went to the Theatre, whether to encourage disorder or not. Supposing they thought he did, then the next question was the legality of the arrest. If on the other hand they should be oeinien the Viaintiff was entitled to•rcover, they would be so good- to say upon- what grounds they found for the Plaintiff, whether on the ground that he did not encourage the rioters. The 'Plaintiff's Counsel bad truly concluded .that a private person cannot arrest another for a breach of the peace after. it is Mover- - -a hook which he 11(1 Lefcre him ex pressed that to be the law, . : The Learned Judge concluded, with direaing, the Jury to give :such damages, on the event of thciT ~firdirg, 'for the Plaintiff, -as would compens:2oa 'tor hail an hour's imprisonment. •. . The Jury retired for •se•tutt tiine, and .returned .2 verdic=t: for the plaintiff.—Liaiiinges Some doubts arose as , -to the return of the ver di&, the CHIEF JUSTLCE- having desired the Jury to state. the-gre,unds upon which - they . found for the Plaintiff.—Time Foreman said, thin - the Jcry were of 4itTerent opinions, hut they had agreed gp:crally as to the verdia. • • The entuF Jus-riCt expressed his, concern that the grounds:of the verdid had pot been distinclly . stated, and obserVed, that it would tend to deludelbe 'people into an opinion that - they might continue their'opposition, and in the end, perhaps, lead to dangerous consequences.. • - The opinion of his Lordship W 35 in Some measure realized ; for on Verdi& being pronounced, the crow d wit lain the Court Save three. cheers, and-rush ing .down the steps into the ball, joined the immense multitude Which bad assembled there during the trial, pod immediately one general cheer, repeated several times, was given. ,A vast number of the. Officers of 'the -Sheriff were in waiting to enforce order, but their pre.;ence :Ind exertions - were incompetent to preserve decoruin. At length the crowd, after, amusing themselves, as indeed they bad done by sham fights during the trial, departed along the public street, cheering as they passed, and exclaiming, "'clitiord for ever."--11,'1.kernble, was ir,ulted in the Hall; The ioilowing are the riarnes of the Jury. Five Sf:ecial jurymen only having appeared, a Tqlcs was,- pr,lved : Stephen Pitt, Edward Day, Cpzni,el,bint; Thos. Rogers, Edyv:ini lcupings, Iviatchew lohn.Seymatir, George reefier,, Thomas GreOwa,' I , ;ottny,,-, Wm. ./39t, T:lOniss gyw, Esgrs. • . COURT Or KING'S I3LNICH t , Dm 5, 114kitsoN-2/. The Plaintiff is an attorney. Tile aelion was brought to recover damages for wilfully and ously causing him to be apprehended and carried. to Bow-street, on a charge of forging an indorsement on a bill of exchange ; aud for wilfully and malici-: ously preferring an 4)(111h - tient against him for a franc% which the Grand Jury threw out; and also for a li: bel upon his charAder in the Bfitish Gittaidirt Nowspaper; and for maliciowly taltnig him in .exe-: culiun for 6001. and, upWards, When' no money was due tr , ,:n the Plaintiff to the. Defendant. The Jury, after a, trial of considerable length, loud a verdict for the Plaintiff, with 15001. da mages. We will give the particulars of .this case to.rnor row. MAILS. DUE-2 Gottenbutgh, z Waterford. TRUCE OF STOCKS • THIS DAY AT TWILLVE O'CLQCK. Consols - 9T k I ital. Ann. 69 ii THE SUN. &ain't QUIS DlcEll t Z FALSUM AUDEAT ? LON.p o WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1..80g,. Last night French and Dutch Papers reacted town the former to the 2gtb ultimo, and the lat ter the instant. They speak of the speedy de hu for Spain, MA they add, e with him a force of 00,0001. p7rf ur CiLi~ a:' ~l~'1:~. ciatilation, said t 9 have been addresed ► ioi , iEn to the Tyrolese, is published in the it is replete With the rpost fulsome tl 'r,t•li ZatiLliioll 't ;AUCtIiArtRTE, and bears every intrinsic fraci: ftw • oiy T 1) peror of Russia is said to . pf%4 The following are g!ttradts from, thew qtr• 13.—'-His Majesty . the King of the 7v, naAlt of bis'Majesty the Fmpe or u;l . ,i ling; and Commander .h.q.of ~ ` ..c litary forces in the Roman gittes, arr!ved in this r 4 town on the Writ, in the evening, aud was received with the molt lively joy, and .with repeated cries of " LOnglive the'Emgeror." The Neapolitan M - narch was received beyond the gate of •St. John, by Count MEOLLIS, Governor-general of the town of Rome, at the head,of his Staff. The troops of the line and the civic guards, forming the garrison of Rome. His Majesty alighted of the palace -of Borghese. The day after his arrival this Sovereign received the homages of the Consulta, and of all the Au thorities; Civil and Military. After these audiences, his Majesty, accompanied by his E/ccellenc - y the Go vernor-General MEOLLIS and all the Staff, re viewed in the Great Square of St. Peter the poops of the garrison, composed of French and Neapolitan re giments, and of a detachment of the Civic Gnard.--, His Majesty in person ordered the evolutions ; which were executed with the greatest precision. His Majesty praiSed the disciplifle and tine appearance af the troops : he afterwards visited the castle of St. Ange and its fortifications. ; • • Itt the evening. his Majesty, atter. haiing seen the; grand illurnination of St. Peter, went to the Theatre Valle, where he. was received with the most lively applause. Testvday evening his Majesty assisted at a fete and a concert given in honour of him by the Governor-General. • The fete was vEry brilliant, And numerously 'attended.. His Majesty deigned to speak to every body with the greatest affability.- 7 : . (Leyden Gazette, Nov. ss,) BAYONNZ, Nov. 16.—Every preparation' is mak ing here for the reception of our beloved Emperor: The honorary guard on horseback and foot, is again in aelivity, and exercised daily. Their chess has nn-. dergone some changes, by which iris rendered more elegant. A Dumber of Engllsh, Portuguese, and Spani§h prisoners; every day pass throuh this city on their wdy to France. Marshal NE`:, the Dul;e,of Elehingen is expect= ed here every moment. His Excellency will again . Id of th, `l.h ,f the at ~.~ 1 NAVAL NEWS. POD/1011TR, DEC. 4.—His Majesty's ship tir nie, of 36 guns, Captain BRACE, has detained and sent in here, the American ship Aitnable, of Phila delphia, ANDREW* HEDELTJS, Master, from thence with a cargo ortoffee, cotton-wool, sugar, lOgwood, 34c. bound to St. Sebastian's, out 23 days. Just as she *as aboUt to come to anchor in the Sound-, the Captain's nephew, in __attempting to jump in the boat, fell overboard, and a heavysea running, be was unfortunately drOwned. His Majesty's ship Niemen, of 3s guns,,Capt. Sir M. SEYMOVR, Bart. has detained and sent in .here, the American ship Ann „Williams, of New York, S. DAYTON, Master, from thence, with a cargo; con- I4isting of tobacco, cotton-wool, sugar, &c. bound to St. Sebastiatis ; the Aiernen has recaptured 'a large American ship with a valuable carp, which has not yet arrived. A few days since, the Niemen fell in with thelogr French frigates and brig that escaped from the Loire, bound to Guadaloupe, the latter tool; no notice of .her, but steered on without altering their coUrr. ; • Arrived his Majesty's sCheoper Nonpareil, Lieut. .IANEs BRAY ; from Catiiz, with dispatches, which -were immediately - forwarded to town. Same days since she fell in with his Majesty's ship .Donegal, from which shii. 4 . she took Marquis WEI I IESLEY'S Secretary, Arrived his Majesty's ship Jamaica, Captain , Ly:. fiAGHT, from Newfoundland; the sloop John, 1 cnuaTioo, from Corl, laden with provisions,' tpr this port, last from Falmouth; his Majesty's s hip Oiistes,,of 18 guns, from a cruize ; the, brig Mars, I f of Flymeuth, U. 114cnitans, Master, from new, foundland, laden with fish, bound to this port for . orders, eleven days passage; the IGilliarrt , FAwcf, NER, ttom London. Sailed, and 'arrived again from 4 cruize, his Ma -1 joty's ship Goldfinch. i t Went up the harbour to he repaired, his Males.. ty'4. ship Phi/onta. 'cornalan , Jth c9rp ta. _my o- 1 Spain; . . • l'oF.Tsm9irrx, DEC. 4.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Ganymede 2a guns ROBERT CATHCART, COtil l • -Our Mayor has, by_a proclamation, announced the ! . . .- ', . ' ' i mander, from Lisbon ;, the .Illustrious us has arrived at: 4peedy arrivarof a great number of troops, who,are, i ' ' '' ' ... , Spitbead, released from St. Helens by his Majesty's on their march. from f4O to 2,5,00 Q men are "al-; - -1 ready tnentioned, who will pass through this city be-- ship Royal Oak, who is now on that station. - • - tweeze this time and the gd of December. i . Came into harbour, the Hope sloop, JARMAN, from, I London ; also, the intrepid, brig, from ditto. ------ It is said that a Spanish Officer, who 3,rrived in the lYqnpareg brig, has brought irnpoitµrit ad ices to Government, froM Seville arid Gadiz„sta:ing that at the former place, the, people had removed the preme Junta, several of whot had been arrested on suspicion of being disatieaed to the cause of their country---that they were aboty to be tried Nvbe t:‘ese Dispatches came away, :and that mare violent SEIE . ERNESS, DE?. 4.—Arrived the Uoolivich store ! &hip ; she was detained at the :gore, and ordered to • proceed to Flus,hing iczmediately. His Majesty's 511ip i . ) l(.44lagiAel is 4rrived at the Nore. DEAL, Doc. s.—Sailed this morning, his Majes ty's ship Viciory, and several of the out war4-bound, to Portsmouth. popular crvacpplvaits Nyeret likely to occur. The .14eagle , s1o9p ,91 war. has. re-captured and sent into the Downs, the ship Mowatai, Captain HAT L, from Mogadore„ for London. Arrived the. Lpander, merchant ship, from Cadi., A rrencti privateer attempted twice tp hoard her off the South Foreland, 4b.oat nine o'cloctc last night, but the I l eanc4er made such a spirited resistance, that' the privateer sheered off. The Leander had two men killed, and pne dangerously wounded., 'Vle evacuation •, 1 1( Wald - ten, we undet:st:!nd, is to take place V)-41egow• Yesterday morning. his MAJESTY, ,the Duke of CUMBERLAND, Prii/CeeSpPl-II:k and AUGUSTA, ac companied by the Earl of HmicouaT, Lady ELY, Grtferaii-FiTiLtnY and SPENCER, arid Col. TAyt.nu, .rode in Windsor Great Fork . ; . ?ntl- . Tetuitied at'iwOv t e o'clock to the 15.21 ace. Sunday morning, ,his MA .IFSTY,. Princesses Av.- ot.isTA and SOPHIA, •accompani2fl by Lady WA . WE. GRAVE, Generals SPENCEtr and Vit./it:9v, and I:Vlajor PRICE, rode to St. George's Chapel, and heard a sermon preached by the Hon. a,nd Rev. Mr. they afterwards returned to !Ito Palace. • Yesterday Sir D A VID DUNDAS held a public day, at his Office in the Horse GuardS, and gave audiences to_ a number of Military Offisers. The Persian Ambassador, MIRZA Aun,ut.r.Art HASSAN, arrived in town yesterday. A MONSTER.—The vicinit y of croydotr, in Sur rey, has been alarmed, for this tart night past, by an inhuman wretch,•wis et '27.l!ies Gut at night, in a black Mask, - a dark coloureZ et,;tk, and mliitary boots,, with long spurs. He is a tall 'Sttkut made man. fl is practice is to attack all the women Awn he meets. Having let the object pass, he turns round, end, 1 Seizing her by the shoulders, he shakes and pinches', her in a violent manner. He concludes the .brutal assault, by passing her cloths; over her head, anti tearing her person with a eurry-comb ; soinetimes his spurs are applied to the same cruel and inhuman' purpose. Should he perceive any persim coming to .- the assistance of his victim, he makes off, and leaps over park-pailings, althnogh twelve • feet high, with the greatest ease. By his strength _l. and agility, he bas - hitherto evaded his pur suers—Upwards of fifty per Sobs. have been most se- riot by this monster; amongst whom is Mrs. Wildgoose, the wife of a respectable geßtle mail at Croydon ; sbe now lies dangerously ill from the treatment she lately received, on her return from a Visit to her niece. Also the ostler of the Hare and Hounds, at Wadding, whom he mistook for a - wo- . Man, owing to the darkness of the night, and whom he eaUght hold of, and, finding his mistake, threw the prior man into a deep ditch. The inhabitants of CroydOn are taking every means to discover the monster's retreat ; numerous parties were out last night .. in search of him. The terror is so great among the females of the vicinity of Croydon, that not'a wOrnan is to be seen outof doors after dusk. A letter, dated on the evening'of the 19th' ult, froth Cadiz, was, yesterday received by a Cuthmer honse of great respectability. It states, that intelligence had just arrfved there, of the arrest and impriscalthent at geville, of-several persons of rank, among whom was one of the brothers of the cele brated A FGX: `fie have not been able to Obtain all th.e information we could wish respecting the' causes and_ character of this commotion 3 whether it, be an effort of the Junta to preserve their power, or the effect of popular impatienee and indignation. The letter containing this information was bOught by the Nonpareil, which sailed from Cadiz on, the morning of the .20th. We understand governmeht received dispatches .from Mr. B. '4i2.1t13 by the same vessel. . , Saturday, the Recruit,apt.MußßAY, aqd verene,‘Cap . t CARR, arrived at'Portsmouth, fromilera Cruz, having on board upwards of three millions of do:lpts; on Government and private account. 'They left Vera Cruz 30 days sine. The Spanish line of bAttle ships, San An der. and Sun Dianon, had sailed with i q,000,000 of &liars for Cadiz ; the latter ship was accorripanierl by the Undaunted, Capt. MALING; the not bein g deemed sea-worthy ; and a few days_ after she sailed, she sprang a leak, which obliged her to put into Porto Rico. The specie s . it was thought, would be put on board the Undaunted, for her to take it to acliz. The k'ranchise, Capt. DASHWOOD., had left Vera - Cruz . for Jamaica ; and The Ethalion, Capt. COCIIHANE, for liarbadoes. colonel Cocx- BANE JOHNTSTOISE returned to 4n4land in the Recruit. . . Cottv•ExcHANGB, DEC. 6.—Wheat this day is in toidgpg supply—very tew samples of first quali ty, which supports last prices—seconds andordina ry very heavy in sale, aid I,6wer; Barley in short supply, ,fully at - last currency ; Mali' and White I?eas likewise ; Beans of the two kinds keep their price; there are tolerable supplies of Oats,•and, ex cepting fine, this trade is quoted rather cheaper:— Flour at late prices —fine Atherican, wholesale 58. • • to 6,25. per barrel. . _ r . , tOrpt)l+l : Printed by RICHARD HARRIS, of No. 4, Monica-court, Bow-street; and PrbAsiled by WI L LIAM A RMIG F. t SCR GYPS,' South Multotustreet, G rvenc square A: tile St.n.;- 1 0FriCE, No„ 112, Stranci; *bere A.*eri4emen4, Orders for i 4 .6 Paper Letters for t!be Rditor , &c. (postlaia),. most by addr -ss:d, . . COMMON COE,ACIL. 'Yesterday a Common Council was held, at vvhic: notwithstanding the opposition of Mr: Warri-rm.%:( and others, thanks were vine(' in the most slink:ring terms to Sir C. FLOWER, Baronet, the late Lori Mayor, for h is excellent and upright conduct. Mr. WAITHMAN then moved his resolution relative to the Expedition to Walcheren, which he denonall nated ill-digested, calamitous, arid injurious to our army, more by privations and disease than by the, sword.—Mr. Alderman CURTIS moved the previo o question.--Mr. SAMUEL Drxotr suppated that rno fion, as did Mr.Alderrnati - C. Gurr- Faris spoke for the original motion. Mr. IcE KELE was for waiting to see what ; steps, fot the investigation of the subje& would be taken by Parliament.—»Mr. Alderman WOOD sup ported the original motion.—Mr. Alderman Scud- LET opposed GOODEEH ERZ spoke at considerable length, for the original Motion. Mr. .4clr.s deClared, that be would vote.for the pre vious .question.—Mr. Alderman ATKIN s was against the Court's interfering with the province of Parlia ment.—Sir CtrAattia Paws spoke to the same et feet—Mr. WAITHMAN replied. . A division then took place, when the numbers being equal, the Loan MAYOR gave his casting vat* against the previous question. A Motion Tor petitioning his Majesty to institute ; an Inquiryinto all causes, together with the plans and instructions, and the conduit and capacity of the Commanders, was then made and carried by a roe' jority of three. Advices have been received from Seville, confirm'' ing the former accounts of the Spanish army of La Mancha having crossed the Tagus, on its march to wards the aipital, in the vicinity of which a general battle was shortly expeateci to be fought. Parliament was: yesterday prorogued by Commis- , sion, in the usual form, till Tueiday the 23,d of Jan* nary next. The Commissioners were.' the Loup CHANCE4Ott,, the puke of MowritosE, and Lord , • ~., ~.., . • 414 T HEATR E .---the success' of Mr, CLlvrOnct . ; • ' , ! in the Court of Common Pleas yesterday, .naturally infused new spirit into the opponents o f t h e Pro prietors of Covent-Garden Theatre, an 4 they mu" tared in great strength last night .at that place.•-••• The 4eggar's Opera was:" heard last night - with at; l tension during the first act, but strong symptoms 0 "discontent broke out very soon during the rePt el sentation . of the = second, and when the half•pri ° J reinforcerntnt arrived, the i triumph of the Party rel y-. tiered the . dramatic performances mere dumb -shy , t" ,w the rest of the night. • Nothing then prevailed, .:, till 'the clearing of the Theatre,'but uproar dud coal. .to ton. The Q. P. was conspkuuus in many hats; tome' persons had lauyel leayes, and some word tright'-caps, in imitation of Wairrooyr, % liad'appeared it one on a former night. Many Placards were held up, and so ftirioul s t o rm was direed against the., private boxes, dug most of the company were compelled to, withdravir-. But the most reprehensible circumstance that °, c : curred was direaed against the performers on stage,,, who were pelted with apples,, halfpence' ti and a pbrtny-piece, it is saicl, hkt bars. on the bFeas!,--,S.nch unmanly condna moat be CitS• graceful to any cause. Some horns and . rattles aidetS the general clamour, and the scene altogether equal- led in violence any other that has appearea. 0 4 ' 0 the openirg of the Theatre„ haet We stated some days ago, that an attemp t been made by some villains to rob and murder ix";,: 'Boucher, of Rochester. He is, however, since s' far recovered, that he has been able to give the foil. lowing .account of the transaction. Hg says, * ef , i ; his datightefs house about tYo'clock, anci. w,A ll ; e ", on the New" Road, Chatham, he had nOtproc,eede", far, before ke was attacked by a man, who deor)ande l his money, hr said ire wopl4 not be rgbbed, : dre o his knife, and told the man to keep,otf; irruncl diately he was seized by-two more men, thrust him against the railing, and kept cutting hill throat, and tlire‘v him over. the hedge.—He cool"' give no account of the men, being a dark, night. Search is making after them by is; friends and el; of the Bow-street Of fi cers, a• hoped the s r ' lains will not escape the punish ;ey deserve."' 13411etin was placed on his d • .n Sunday OW ing that he was better. On Friday, two French Officers, who had broke? their ,parole, were traced to a public-house in Mary' le-bone-street ; they were taken from thence, and. afterwards committed to Tothill-fields They had lodged in the house several days, l a itbouL any disguise; when they were enquired for, t" landlorfshewed them into a back parlour , wherP they' were sitting. OXFOttDELEOTioN.—Lord Grenville's Contrail: o and friends, both in town and in various.parts of _tbi country, having persevered with great industry W circulate reports of Lord Eldon's intention of w 41 2: drawing from the mtest for the Chancellorship! ) : Oxford, and agents having been employed in dif ferent places more effectually to propagate and dis seminate these ,reports, notWi t hsi a tiding the repea ted and positive contradtctions which have been give , rl , to therm both publicly and in private, Lord ldar ) ' Committee are under the necessity of again rep ing", that such reports are now, as they,eM , b av ie bovri•„..tOtally void of foundation, and confiden t '' hOpe t itat his . Lordship's friendS, instead of allowi% such reports to have the effeCt they are intended t • Vrodntel Will feel themselves called upon .assidu o°ie to exert themselves to support his Lordship on t" day of election. In addition to these absurd rep or ; and for the Same laudable urpose, another has b et „ given' out, equally well. f o un d ed, that Lord Eld ° ' is going to resign the Seals. IVL CAAViiIND, .7),ICEMBER 4. • Arrived—the David Scott, Gibbs, from Bombay. ram eti, Sailed—the erospcit, Spence, for Madoira ; Olive -P Coui3un, for Jamaica ; at ad the Betsey, Richards, for lih. MARRIFD, 10 5 On Saturday last, at St. Martin's in the Fields. 'aline. Esq. §ecretary to Lord Gambier, to Car "' , ° ,ol4. seconti - (laughter of C. A. Craig, Esq. of Great Scot yabiA, White